M and I watched this film last night. What an absolute piece of shit film it was. Honestly, I think it is one of the worst films I have ever seen. Really- I mean it. I've seen some bad films, but this is right up there.
Firstly, there is almost no dialogue- and whilst I do enjoy arty films, this was wanking itself so hard I'm surprised it noticed that anyone was in the room.
The premise is interesting enough, a family in Texas (during the 1950s) whose parents are opposites. The mother is grace defleting all negativity and emitting all positivity and the father is nature- imposing himself on all around him. The film starts with the death of one of the three boys. Problem was, I couldn't tell if Sean Penn's character was the eldest brother, middle or youngest because there was no dialogue.
As for Terrence Malick it came as no surprise to me to know that he also produced The Thin Red Line, which is the only film I've ever walked out on.
But back to the so called plot- the movie lost me when it went off on a tangent about the creation of the world- I literally dozed off. I know it is supposed to be experimental, and we wouldn't be where we are if people hadn't taken risks, but this is was just way too out there for me. I'm sorry, I'm actually at a loss to explain the film fully. For a full sypnosis/review click here.
The review though a positive one- I do like this line about how people would reproach him. "They said, it was pretentious, boring and – most culpably of all – Christian. Didn't I realise, they asked, that Malick was a Christian?."
Brad Pitt sunk his own money into the project.
All I can say, is good thing he has a lot of it.
I give 1.5 tomatoes ( in lieu of stars).
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The year passes and I want time to stand still
The good news is, yesterday my gorgeous partner and I ate a salad entirely of our garden! I'll take a photo and show you- but it was glorious- our tomtoes, our lettuce and our cucumber....
The tomatoes are coming on now pretty well. Again, I'll take some photos.
Finally Summer is coming on and the days are dazzlingly bright. We have a skylight in the living room and it is almost too bright to sit in the room without sunglasses.
The days are entirely unique to Australia. Such long hot days- especially here in Melbourne where the days don't warm up till later in the day- 4pm, no breeze- just stillness.
Living back in Bayside I have only now started to appreciate how living where you belong can mean contentment. I hope 2012 holds for me some new experiences, more love between my partner and I and who knows, I might even get all I want...
I have come to the realisation about just how difficult my family is and how fucked up. And it makes complete sense to me now- I hope never to be like my parents...and if I am ever a parent, I hope I remember all my lessons learned.
The tomatoes are coming on now pretty well. Again, I'll take some photos.
Finally Summer is coming on and the days are dazzlingly bright. We have a skylight in the living room and it is almost too bright to sit in the room without sunglasses.
The days are entirely unique to Australia. Such long hot days- especially here in Melbourne where the days don't warm up till later in the day- 4pm, no breeze- just stillness.
Living back in Bayside I have only now started to appreciate how living where you belong can mean contentment. I hope 2012 holds for me some new experiences, more love between my partner and I and who knows, I might even get all I want...
I have come to the realisation about just how difficult my family is and how fucked up. And it makes complete sense to me now- I hope never to be like my parents...and if I am ever a parent, I hope I remember all my lessons learned.
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